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Engage and Motivate with Multiplication Activities that are Fun!

Engage and Motivate with Multiplication Activities that are Fun!

February 11, 2017

Traditional teaching methods encouraged the memorization of the multiplication facts – all 121 of them (169 if we include the 11s and 12s). I can still recall as a young child parroting off my multiplication facts. If you’ve ever tried this with your class, and no I don’t recommend it, you’ll find you have a handful of kids who know their… Read More

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Differentiate Your Word Work Activities with Editable Games

Differentiate Your Word Work Activities with Editable Games

February 10, 2017

Editable games for word work centers makes it so easy to differentiate your word lists for young learners. I wish I had thought of this years ago!

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How to Make Homework Fun for Kids

How to Make Homework Fun for Kids

January 23, 2017

Homework is one of those things that you will either agree with or disagree. Agree, because you know it’s a way to help children to reinforce skills or it’s a good way to prepare them for content they will be covering or maybe you are using it for enrichment and extension. Disagree, because you are always chasing up kids who… Read More

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How to Make Students Accountable During Center Time

How to Make Students Accountable During Center Time

January 16, 2017

I love using games in the classroom but when I first started teaching I didn’t really know how to use them effectively. I knew their value but I don’t think my class did. My math centers never seemed to be successful!

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Increase Math Fact Fluency with Class Bingo

Increase Math Fact Fluency with Class Bingo

January 9, 2017

Thinking strategies for addition facts were such a revelation when I learned about them so many years ago in Teachers College. I had been taught to add through repetition and memorization of the addition and subtraction facts, so this was something new for me. We were now teaching children to think about math and apply known strategies in order to… Read More

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How to help the child who hates to lose!

How to help the child who hates to lose!

January 2, 2017

Games are meant to be fun! Well if that’s true, why is Jessie crying? Not loud bawling type crying but just wiping away a few fallen tears. And then there’s Sam, who’s got his arms crossed, looking just a little upset and about to launch himself on Tynan who just won the game.

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I'm Peta, the teacher, author, and resource designer behind Teaching Trove and I'm passionate about using games and interactive resources in the classroom.

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